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History · Offerman

Offerman’s post office opened in 1886

Most of Offerman was built recently: 5% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1988. Below: maps from 1971 on and the census since 2000.

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How Offerman began

When was Offerman founded?

1886

The Offerman post office opened in 1886, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 403 in 20002020 census: 450140 years
Founding year: the first Offerman post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Offerman’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Offerman are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Offerman’s history is told.

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The story so far

Offerman, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Offerman yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Offerman is a city in Pierce County, Georgia, United States. As of the 2020 census, Offerman had a population of 450. It is part of the Waycross Micropolitan Statistical Area.

Its first post office opened in 1886. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 441 to 450 (+2%).

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

By decade

Offerman, decade by decade

Today6 recent
Offerman city limit US84WB2017Offerman city limit US84WBOfferman Memorial Park2017Offerman Memorial ParkOfferman City Limit US84EB2017Offerman City Limit US84EBOfferman City Hall2017Offerman City HallOfferman Big Creek Volunteer Fire Department2017Offerman Big Creek Volunteer Fire DepartmentGAMap-doton-Offerman2005GAMap-doton-Offerman
On the map

Offerman on the map, 1971 to 1988

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Offerman. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Offerman on the 1971 USGS mapOfferman on the 1988 USGS map1971Screven sheet · 1:24,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Offerman.

People over time

Offerman, census by census

010020030040050020002020Peak: 450

Between 403 and 450 people in every census since 2000.

3 censuses, 2000–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Offerman’s Wikipedia page.

Famous people

Famous people close to Offerman

Nobody well known was born in Offerman itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Nikki DeLoachAmerican actress and singer · b. 1979
Erriyon KnightonAmerican male sprinter · b. 2004
Pernell RobertsAmerican actor and singer · b. 1928
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Naomi WhiteheadOldest living person in the United States · b. 1910
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Caroline Pafford MillerAmerican writer · b. 1903
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David LarsonAmerican swimmer · b. 1959

Questions about Offerman’s history

What year was Offerman founded?

The Offerman post office opened in 1886, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From Wikimedia Commons (6), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.